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... occurs in the other elements— diameters and distances of the planets , etc. Meanwhile , it has not seemed desirable to change the data of this book until there is a substantial agree- ment among astronomers themselves . There is a ...
... occurs in the other elements— diameters and distances of the planets , etc. Meanwhile , it has not seemed desirable to change the data of this book until there is a substantial agree- ment among astronomers themselves . There is a ...
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... occur next in Feb. , 1886 . ( P. 143. ) The brilliancy of the moon is now estimated to be about 600,000 that of the sun . Whether or not the moon radiates any heat to the earth has long been a mooted question . The best authorities , at ...
... occur next in Feb. , 1886 . ( P. 143. ) The brilliancy of the moon is now estimated to be about 600,000 that of the sun . Whether or not the moon radiates any heat to the earth has long been a mooted question . The best authorities , at ...
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... occurred a century before the Flood . They have also the first record of an eclipse of the sun , which took place about two hundred and twenty years * after the Deluge . It is reported that one of their kings , two thousand years before ...
... occurred a century before the Flood . They have also the first record of an eclipse of the sun , which took place about two hundred and twenty years * after the Deluge . It is reported that one of their kings , two thousand years before ...
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... occurred to his mind , " May not this same force extend to a great distance out in space ? Does it not reach the moon ? " Laws of Motion . - To understand . the philosophy of the reasoning that now occupied the mind of Newton , let us ...
... occurred to his mind , " May not this same force extend to a great distance out in space ? Does it not reach the moon ? " Laws of Motion . - To understand . the philosophy of the reasoning that now occupied the mind of Newton , let us ...
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... occurs about the 22d of June ; the Winter Sol- stice occurs about the 22d of December . ( d ) The MEASUREMENTS are celestial longitude and latitude . Celestial longitude is distance from the Vernal Equi- nox measured on the ecliptic ...
... occurs about the 22d of June ; the Winter Sol- stice occurs about the 22d of December . ( d ) The MEASUREMENTS are celestial longitude and latitude . Celestial longitude is distance from the Vernal Equi- nox measured on the ecliptic ...
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